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- Title
Healthy Aging Rounds: Using Healthy-Aging Mentors to Teach Medical Students About Physical Activity and Social Support Assessment, Interviewing, and Prescription.
- Authors
Mohler, M. Jane; D'Huyvetter, Karen; Tomasa, Lynne; O'Neill, Lisa; Fain, Mindy J.
- Abstract
Medical students underestimate the health and functional status of community-dwelling older adults and have little experience in health promotion interviewing or prescribing physical activity. The goal was to provide third-year University of Arizona medical students with an opportunity to gain a broader and evidence-based understanding of healthy aging, with specific focus on physical activity and social engagement. Students engaged in one-on-one conversations with healthy older adult mentors and practiced assessment, interviewing and prescription counseling for physical activity and social support. This 2-hour mandatory interactive educational offering improved student attitudes and knowledge about healthy aging and provided hands-on health promotion counseling experience.
- Subjects
MEDICAL education; GERIATRICS education; HEALTH of older people; MEDICAL care for older people; EXERCISE therapy; MENTORING in education
- Publication
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2010, Vol 58, Issue 12, p2407
- ISSN
0002-8614
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03125.x